In its response to the Scottish Government consultation on land reform, Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) asserts that the creation of new crofts is a process that needs to be re-started and crofting legislation be rolled out across Scotland as originally intended.
“We think that the creation of new crofts is a means of addressing a fundamental principle of land reform – that more land should be used by more people”, said Donald MacKinnon, chair of the SCF. “Crofting legislation was originally intended for all of Scotland and we see it as a model of land tenure that would help to deliver a sustainable Scotland. You only have to compare crofting areas to non-crofting areas to see the benefits – most of Scotland’s High Nature Value areas are in croft tenure and we have thriving communities where there is crofting.Read in full here.
